Luke 8:45. And when all denied. It is not certain that the woman did so; she may have hidden herself in the crowd.

Peter, etc. Peculiar to Luke. The question of our Lord was to draw out the woman's faith. Mark's account implies that He knew who had done it

The multitudes press thee, etc. ‘Press' and ‘crush' are strong terms. Some find here ‘a solemn warning to all who crowd on Christ,' a rebuke to familiarity in hymns, etc. Peter in those days might have rebuked the crowd; our. Lord did not. The touch of faith and the accidental touch differ: no virtue flows out in the case of the latter. The cure was not magical.

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